Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-09
NEVADA COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
ADescription oi It's Location, Soil, Climate, Schools. Churches,
 Railroads. Water-COurss's, Timber and Agricaltur- ut lsps,b !: cps.

20 1871, and is situated in the southwestern part of the siate being bounded on the east by Ouachita county. on the northeast and north by Clark, from which 1t is separated l by Little Missouri river, on the west by Hempstead aud on the south by Columbia It has an area of about 670 square miles. and in 1880 had population of l3,0O inhahi- tants.
 | Topography.
 | The surface of the country is generally un- dulating; few places being toe broken for cultivation, or too level for drainage. The | southern half of the county covers the apex of the watershed between the Ouaehita and Red rivers; the small streams the cast side flowing to the tributaries of the Ouachi- ta and those on the west to the tributaries of the Red. All the branches and riyulcts of the northern part flow to tho Little Missouri, l Prari De Anne beautiful little inland prairie. seven miles long from east to west, is situated in the northern part of the county. closely surrounding the town of Prescott on the east, north and west
 | Watcr-Coarses.
 1 The principal water-eourse is Little Mis- souri river. beautiful stream which has its source in the Caddo mountains. It flows l in southcasterly direction, forming the boundary line between Nevada and Clark counties for q long distance. Before the rail- roads penetrated this section, small steamers navigatcd the river during the winter and | spring seasons. The land along the margin of the river Is fertile and exceedingly well timbered. The bottom is valuable stock i range. It has few lagoons and bayotls, and is not considered sickly stream. The Terre Rouge creek is the next largest stream. It crosses the northern part of the county from the west to the cast, emptying into the Little Missouri river. The Ganey creek drains the central portion of the county, flowing into the Little Missouri river from the west, south of the Tcrre Rouge. The Bodcaw isa small creek in the southwestern portion of county. Tho land bordering an it is very fertile. It flows seuth into the Dorcheat, a tributary of Red river.
 Railroads.
 1 The Si. Louis, Iron Mountain * Southern | Railway, the great southern route from St. Louis and the North and East through Ar kansas and Texas to Mexico and California. l pehctratcs the northern part of the county, entering it on the east side near Boughton | station, and going out on the west at Eminet, Il distance of fifteen miles. The Ouachita X 1 ChoctaS Railroad, proposed road now be- ing surveyed from point on the Ouschita ! river. near Camden to a point on the line of the Choctaw Nation, near Ultima Thule, inusi, hy Il stipulation in the charter, pass by i tLe town of Prescott, and through the county | from the southeast to the northwest. Soil and Climate. The soil of the southern aud southwestern 1 portions of the county is sandy loam, well adapted to corn, cotton, potatoes, vegetables and grapes. Fine springs abound in this re- giou. In the central and western portions the soil is gray dirt, fertile and susceptible of easy cultivation. The soil of the northern | part of the county is varied. but is mostly | red dirt and very fertile. The soil of Prairie 1 De Annc is gray dirt. and adapted to small ! gr;,inand grasses, the native grass on the ,pcn prairie yielding from two to three tons ! of fine hay per acre. There is some very fine black land on the southwest side of the prai- rie, though the red dirt land predomiiates. ! The climate is salubrious and hcalthfuI. The thermometer never goes below six degrees above zero in the winter. and ranges from 90 to 100 in thc shade during the summer { months.
 The county k remarkably well timbcred Its most valuable woods are yellow pine. ev- cry variety of oak and hickory, sweet. black and tnpclo gum. maple mulberry, ash, wal nut, birch, becch sycamore, linn. dogwood, hackbcrry, hoilv, red and water elm. per shannon, cypress, beach, boi- dare, black locust, honey locust, wild cherry. rcd bud and sassafrus.
 Products.
 The principal products arc corn. cotton, wh,n. oats rye, barley, nilict, broom corO. sorghum, sweet and Irish potatoes. turnips, in fact vegctablss If nearly every variety grew here to perfection. Experienced fruit growers assure us that we hazard nothing in saving that no locality can grow Il greater variety fruit, and to greater perfection, than Nevada county. The genial climate of this county, neither too cold in winter nor too not in summer, is peculiarly adapted to the culture of the grape.
 stock Raising.
 No portion of the Southwest is better adapted ,o stock raising than Neveda county. On Prairie De Anne and along the streams. cattle. horses and mules thrive and do well tho year round on the native grasses Hogs can be raised here almost without any care at al They fatten readily in the fall upon the abundance of mast in the woods.
 schools and Churches.
 Nevada county is divided for educational purposes into forty school districts. Prof. ]. T. onycr the county examiner, k most efiici cnt officer, and has the system of free common schools in good working order throughout the county The free schools are maintained byu state tax of one-lifth of one epcr cent. poll tax of Sl on every rialc citi- zen over the age of twcnty-onc years, local option tax. which cannot exceed half of . one per cent interest on the pernlane.it school fund, and fines and torfeitures in certain eases. There are crcditable churches in al- most every neighborhood in the county. The leading denominations are the Nctboast>. H Missionary and Primitive Bapt>ts. Preshy- terians Cumberland Prcshvterlans. Christians md Episeopals.
 The Graded Free schools
 Df Prescott, for the white, arc pronounced bv the State Superintendent of Public In>,ruc- ticn and others, the best in the state. except ing those of Little Rock enly, and visitors trom the Northd eclare them equal to the schools in towns of like size in any of the Northern states. Besides the healthy and at.- cessible location, n moral and contemplating town, and amagniicent modern school huid- ing with its seven large well lighted and ven- tilated rooms seated with the best folding and lock desks and all arranged to be heated with furnaces, we claim the special advan- tage of having an able and experienced facul- ty, a large assortment of maps, globes and charts; chemical, botauical, philosophical, mathematical and astronomical apparatus: a large geological and chronological cabinet. a large and we'll selected library free to pu- pills; systematic penmanship: frequent scicn- life lectures, excellent advantages n music, painting and drawing; vocal music and e,,lis- themes as daily exercise, and an interest ing normal class for the lcaining of teachers. The enrolment during the present scolastic year rurs up to near 800 pupils, and the daily attendance about 2So.
 Post offices.
 The county is reasonably well supplied